Legislative Council - Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)
2016-03-08 Daily Xml

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Police Staffing

The Hon. R.L. BROKENSHIRE (14:40): A further supplementary to the minister: is the minister confident that with the reduction in the number of sworn traffic police officers the roads are as safe as they were prior to that reduction?

The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (14:41): I thank the honourable member for his question. I am absolutely satisfied that the roads of South Australia and road safety remain a paramount consideration of SAPOL, as it is of this government. I can say, in my capacity as road safety minister, that there is always work that needs to be done to ensure our roads are safer. We continue to exercise the important function of government in making a contribution to road safety, and I know that road safety is something that is at the top of the mind of our police commissioner whenever he makes operational decisions.